Column: Together we can feed our neighbors in need

11:11 AM,
Nov. 20, 2012

Michael LaRosa

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Michael T. LaRosa

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cincinnati is the 10th poorest city in the country with a poverty rate of 23.5 percent, compared to a national (and Ohio-wide) poverty rate of 12.5 percent. That means that approximately one in four Cincinnatians falls below the poverty line, and our city's poverty rate is almost twice the national average. And the poor aren't who you might think - they can be people just like you - people who may have a job, but just can't make ends meet.

On a daily basis our neighbors face the harsh reality of hunger and food insecurity, having to decide between putting food on ...